Zylaris Framework 🚀

The compiler-driven web framework for the next generation. Zero Virtual DOM, fine-grained reactivity, and stellar performance.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Development Server
• Project Structure
• Core Concepts
  • Signals & Reactivity
  • Routing
  • Server Actions
  • Components
• Universal Deployment
• Plugin System
• CLI Reference
• API Reference
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

Zylaris is a next-generation web framework combining fine-grained reactivity, zero virtual DOM overhead, and universal deployment support. Build once, deploy anywhere.

Why Zylaris?

| Feature | Zylaris | Next.js | Astro | |---------|---------|---------|-------| | First Load JS | 4KB | 150KB | 8KB | | Time to Interactive | 0.8s | 3.2s | 1.2s | | HMR Speed | 10ms | 200ms | 100ms | | Virtual DOM | None | Yes | None | | Deploy Targets | 7+ | 3 | 4 |

Features

⚡ Zero Virtual DOM

Compile JSX directly to targeted DOM operations - no runtime diffing overhead.

🎯 Fine-grained Reactivity

Signal-based reactivity with automatic dependency tracking:

const count = signal(0);
const doubled = computed(() => count() * 2);
// Only `doubled` re-computes when `count` changes

🏝️ Islands Architecture

Automatic partial hydration - static content ships zero JS.

🚀 Universal Deployment

Deploy to any platform:

• Static (GitHub Pages, Netlify Static)
• Node.js (VPS, Docker, Railway)
• Serverless (Vercel, Netlify Functions)
• Edge (Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Deno Deploy)
• Alternative Runtimes (Deno, Bun)

🔌 Universal Library Support

Use any JavaScript library:

• NPM packages (ESM, CJS, UMD)
• CDN libraries (esm.sh, unpkg, skypack)
• Framework components (React, Vue, Svelte)
• Web Components
• Auto-import - no manual imports needed

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• pnpm >= 8.0.0 (recommended)

Create New Project

# Using npx
npx zylaris create my-app

# Using pnpm
pnpm dlx zylaris create my-app

Templates

npx zylaris create my-app --template default
npx zylaris create my-app --template api
npx zylaris create my-app --template docs
npx zylaris create my-app --template blog

Quick Start

cd my-app
pnpm install
pnpm run dev

Open http://localhost:2727 in your browser.

First Component

// src/app/page.tsx
import { signal, computed } from 'zylaris';

export default function HomePage() {
  const count = signal(0);
  const doubled = computed(() => count() * 2);

  return (
    <main>
      <h1>Welcome to Zylaris!</h1>
      <p>Count: {count()}</p>
      <p>Doubled: {doubled()}</p>
      <button onClick={() => count.update(c => c + 1)}>
        Increment
      </button>
    </main>
  );
}

Development Server

Zylaris comes with a built-in development server featuring:

• ⚡ Ultra-fast HMR - 10ms hot module replacement
• 🔌 Auto port detection - Finds available ports automatically
• 📦 JIT Compilation - TypeScript/TSX compiled on-the-fly
• 🎯 Zero-config - Works out of the box

Start Dev Server

zylaris dev

Output Example

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┃                                                    ┃
┃   🚀 Zylaris Dev Server                            ┃
┃                                                    ┃
┃   ➜  Local:   http://localhost:2727                ┃
┃   ➜  WebSocket: ws://localhost:2728               ┃
┃                                                    ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛

Dev Server Options

# Custom port
zylaris dev --port 3000

# Custom host
zylaris dev --host 0.0.0.0

# Turbo mode (faster compilation)
zylaris dev --turbo

Auto Port Detection

If port 2727 is in use, the server automatically finds the next available port:

⚠ Port 2727 is in use, using port 2729 instead

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┃   ➜  Local:   http://localhost:2729                ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛

Project Structure

my-app/
├── src/
│   ├── app/                    # File-system routing
│   │   ├── layout.tsx          # Root layout
│   │   ├── page.tsx            # Home page
│   │   ├── loading.tsx         # Loading UI
│   │   ├── error.tsx           # Error boundary
│   │   └── api/                # API routes
│   ├── components/             # React components
│   ├── lib/                    # Utilities
│   ├── actions/                # Server actions
│   ├── entry-client.tsx        # Client entry
│   └── entry-server.tsx        # Server entry
├── public/                     # Static assets
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── zylaris.config.ts

Core Concepts

Signals & Reactivity

import { signal, computed, resource, createEffect } from 'zylaris';

// Basic signal
const count = signal(0);
count.set(5);
count.update(c => c + 1);

// Computed
const doubled = computed(() => count() * 2);

// Resource (async data)
const user = resource(async () => {
  return fetch(`/api/user`).then(r => r.json());
});

// Effect
createEffect(() => {
  console.log('Count:', count());
});

Routing

// Static route
// src/app/about/page.tsx → /about

// Dynamic route
// src/app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx → /blog/:slug
interface Props {
  params: { slug: string };
}

// Catch-all
// src/app/[...path]/page.tsx → /*

Server Actions

'use server';

import { action } from 'zylaris/server';

export const createPost = action
  .input(z.object({ title: z.string() }))
  .run(async (input) => {
    return db.post.create({ data: input });
  });

Components

import { Show, For, Switch, Match } from 'zylaris';

// Conditional
<Show when={isLoggedIn()} fallback={<Login />}>
  <Dashboard />
</Show>

// List
<For each={items()}>
  {(item, index) => <li>{item.name}</li>}
</For>

// Switch
<Switch>
  <Match when={status() === 'loading'}>Loading...</Match>
  <Match when={status() === 'success'}>Done!</Match>
</Switch>

Universal Deployment

Deploy to any hosting platform with a single command:

# List all adapters
zylaris adapters

# Build for specific platform
zylaris build --adapter static      # GitHub Pages, etc.
zylaris build --adapter vercel      # Vercel Serverless
zylaris build --adapter vercel --edge  # Vercel Edge
zylaris build --adapter netlify     # Netlify Functions
zylaris build --adapter cloudflare  # Cloudflare Pages
zylaris build --adapter node        # Node.js server
zylaris build --adapter deno        # Deno Deploy
zylaris build --adapter bun         # Bun runtime

Supported Platforms

| Platform | Adapter | SSR | Edge | Command | |----------|---------|-----|------|---------| | GitHub Pages | static | ❌ | ❌ | zylaris build | | Vercel | vercel | ✅ | ✅ | zylaris build --adapter vercel | | Netlify | netlify | ✅ | ✅ | zylaris build --adapter netlify | | Cloudflare | cloudflare | ✅ | ✅ | zylaris build --adapter cloudflare | | Node.js | node | ✅ | ❌ | zylaris build --adapter node | | Deno | deno | ✅ | ✅ | zylaris build --adapter deno | | Bun | bun | ✅ | ❌ | zylaris build --adapter bun |

Configuration

// zylaris.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'zylaris';

export default defineConfig({
  adapter: 'vercel',  // or detailed config
  // adapter: {
  //   target: 'vercel',
  //   function: { edge: true, memory: 1024 }
  // }
});

See DEPLOYMENT.md for detailed deployment guide.

Plugin System

Use any JavaScript library with ease:

Auto-Import

// zylaris.config.ts
import { definePlugins, autoImportPresets } from '@zylaris/plugins';

export default definePlugins({
  autoImports: [
    ...autoImportPresets.zylaris(),  // signal, computed, Show, For...
    ...autoImportPresets.lodash(),   // debounce, throttle...
    ...autoImportPresets.zod(),      // z
  ],
});

Use without imports:

// No import needed!
const count = signal(0);
const debounced = debounce(fn, 300);
const schema = z.object({ name: z.string() });

CDN Libraries

import { definePlugins, presets } from '@zylaris/plugins';

export default definePlugins(
  presets.cdn(['react', 'lodash-es', 'moment'])
);

Component Adapters

// Use React components
import { reactAdapter } from '@zylaris/plugins/transforms';

const ReactButton = reactAdapter.transform('Button', './Button.jsx');

// Use in Zylaris
<ReactButton onClick={handleClick}>Click me</ReactButton>

See PLUGINS.md for complete plugin documentation.

CLI Reference

Development

zylaris dev                 # Start dev server (port 2727)
zylaris dev --port 3000     # Custom port
zylaris dev --turbo         # Turbo mode (faster)

Build

zylaris build                          # Build for production
zylaris build --adapter static         # Static export
zylaris build --adapter vercel --edge  # Vercel Edge
zylaris build --analyze                # Bundle analysis

Deployment

zylaris adapters            # List available adapters
zylaris preview             # Preview production build

Other Commands

zylaris create <name>       # Create new project
zylaris test                # Run tests
zylaris typecheck           # Type check
zylaris lint                # Lint code

API Reference

Reactivity

signal<T>(initial): Signal<T>
computed<T>(fn): Computed<T>
resource<T>(fetcher, opts): Resource<T>
createEffect(fn): () => void
batch(fn): T
createStore<T>(initial): Store<T>

Components

Show<T>(props: { when: T, fallback?: JSX.Element, children: (item: T) => JSX.Element })
For<T>(props: { each: T[], fallback?: JSX.Element, children: (item: T, index: () => number) => JSX.Element })
Switch(props: { children: JSX.Element[] })
Match<T>(props: { when: T, children: JSX.Element })

Routing

Link(props: { href: string, prefetch?: boolean })
useRouter(): { push, replace, back, reload, pathname, query }

Server Actions

action.input(schema).use(middleware).run(handler)
requireAuth()
requireRole(roles: string[])

Performance Benchmarks

| Metric | Next.js | Astro | Zylaris | |--------|---------|-------|---------| | First Load JS | 150KB | 8KB | 4KB | | Time to Interactive | 3.2s | 1.2s | 0.8s | | Build (10k pages) | 45s | 12s | 5s | | HMR | 200ms | 100ms | 10ms | | Lighthouse | 85 | 95 | 100 |

Package Structure

zylaris-framework/
├── packages/
│   ├── core/           # zylaris - Main framework
│   ├── reactivity/     # @zylaris/reactivity - Signals
│   ├── router/         # @zylaris/router - File routing
│   ├── server/         # @zylaris/server - Server actions
│   ├── compiler/       # @zylaris/compiler - JIT compiler
│   ├── dev-server/     # @zylaris/dev-server - HMR
│   ├── adapter/        # @zylaris/adapter - 7 deployment targets
│   ├── plugins/        # @zylaris/plugins - Library integration
│   └── cli/            # @zylaris/cli - CLI tools
├── examples/
│   └── default/        # Example application
└── docs/

Contributing

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/zylarisjs/zylaris.git
cd zylaris

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build all packages
pnpm run build

# Run tests
pnpm run test

Documentation

• DEPLOYMENT.md - Deployment guide for all platforms
• PLUGINS.md - Using external libraries
• PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md - Architecture overview

Community

• Discord
• Twitter
• GitHub Discussions

License

MIT © zylaris.js